The Seagrave paint shop log shows this pumper as being built for West Frankfort, Illinois with a notation that the rig was sold to Ripley. The R.F.D. has owned the piece since it was new, so my guess would be that W.F.F.D. couldn't make the purchase during the Depression. Steve Hagy photo.

Here is a Seagrave mystery. The first picture is the photos I recieved from Seagrave after sending them the serial number off of the engine in Dumas, Texas. The engine was ordered during WWII. The factory photos show a booster truck with a 750 gallon tank in place of a hosebed. The engine that I remember and photographed has a 750 gpm pump and small booster tank yet they both have the same serial number. I guess they added the bigger pump at a later time. It does have a booster pump.